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Total Cost of Ownership and the Return on Agility - All Things.

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By Werner Vogels on 16 August 2012 10:00 AM. An apples to apples comparison of the costs associated with running various usage patterns on-premises and with AWS requires more than a simple comparison of hardware expense versus always-on utility pricing for compute and storage. All Things Distributed. Comments (). t need them.

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Amazon DynamoDB - From the Super Bowl to WeatherBug - All.

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By Werner Vogels on 21 June 2012 09:00 AM. ve already passed our 2012 targets. We switched to storing our game data in DynamoDB, which alleviated our scaling problems while also freeing us from the burden of managing all the underlying hardware and software. All Things Distributed. Comments (). In short, DynamoDB is taking off.

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Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers - All Things Distributed

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By Werner Vogels on 08 May 2012 02:00 PM. Since we launched Amazon RDS for MySQL in October 2009 , it has become one of the most popular services on AWS, with customers such as Intuit using the service to keep up with the steep increase in traffic during the tax season. All Things Distributed. Comments (). License Includedâ??

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Dutch Enterprises and The Cloud

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In 2012 Tom Tom launched a new Location Based Services (LBS) platform to give app developers easy access to its mapping content to be able to incorporate rich location based data into their applications. Tom Tom – Founded in 1991, TomTom is a leading provider of navigation and location-based products and services.

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Amazon DynamoDB ? a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database.

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By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2012 07:00 AM. s web-based applications often encounter database scaling challenges when faced with growth in users, traffic, and data. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Amazon DynamoDB â?? Comments (). Amazon DynamoDB offers low, predictable latencies at any scale.

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The Performance Inequality Gap, 2021

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The cheapest (high volume) Androids perform like 2012/2013 iPhones, respectively. Hardware Past As Performance Prologue. Regardless, the overall story for hardware progress remains grim, particularly when we recall how long device replacement cycles are: Tap for a larger version. Mind The Gap. Tap for a larger version.

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Customer Conversations - How Intuit and Edmodo Innovate using.

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By Werner Vogels on 06 April 2012 06:00 AM. Large Seasonal Peaks – Our largest community supports TurboTax where the peak traffic during February or April is often 100s of times greater than a quiet day in June. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Comments ().